Gallery

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The Old Library 1881-1918

The Old Library before 1917
The Old Library, before 1918
The Old Library Service Desk and Card Catalog
The Old Library, Reading Room of the Old Library
The Old Library, Upper Reading Room after 1883
The Old Library, South Room of the Art Gallery.
The Old Library Stacks
The Old Library, Stacks Carrels, 1919
The Old Library, Jimmie Ottley, Coat-man, 1898

The General Library 1918-1971

Albert Kahn, the Architect of the General Library
The Old Library, Demolition of the Clock Tower
The Old Library Demolition of the Clock Tower
General Library, Construction of 1918
General Library, Main Reading Room under Construction, 1918
General Library after 1920
General Library, Staff 1922
General Library Circulation Desk, 1944.
General Library, Rare Book Room, November 1922. M. Eunice Wead, Curator.
General Library, Rare Book Room, June 1927
General Library, 9th floor, East Attic, May 1949
General Library, Bindery Department, December 1932
General Library Administration Department, June 1927
General Library, Extension Services
General Library, Cataloging Department, Current Check-List.
General Library, North Lobby, ca.1922-23
General Library, Circulation Desk, 1925
General Library, Reference Room, ca. 1920s
General Library, Periodical Room, 1925
General Library, Periodical Reading Room, April 1939
General Library, Graduate Reading Room 4 (history and political science), May 1929
General Library, Graduate Reading Room 3 (Philosophy and Mathematics), ca. 1925

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library 1971-Present

Construction of the South Building of Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, South Building
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
General Library Catalog Cases, Circulation Corridor, June 1927
General Library Cataloging Department, Filing Cart in use at Public Catalog, May 1937 by Miss Mather and Miss Harkins
MIRLYN Buttons
Paul Courant, the Dean of Libraries, at front of the Card Catalog
Spring Commencement, 2008
Spring Commencement, 2008
Spring Commencement, 2008
Spring Commencement, 2008

About this Exhibit

Main Reading Room, after 1918